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Stuff the first: Banner, thanks to

xlivvielockex! Oh, Marti, how I love thee.

Stuff the second: icon for

still_grrr's "Bring Out Your Dead" month. Sappy, I know, but I think we've already established that I'm a bit of a softy sometimes.

Stuff the third: The big LJ emigration. I ain't goin' nowhere.

Over the past few weeks, a lot of people stood united. As someone who's fairly new to the whole thing, I found it incredibly moving. And while a mass exodus to greatestjournal or insanejournal or wallstreetjournal might look like a good idea on paper, it feels a bit like retreating and dividing strength to me - even IF most people were to emigrate to the same place with all flists, comms and links in place, which feels unlikely (and even if the new place didn't go the same way as LJ two years from now...)

So no more runnin'. Misbehave. Join

fandom_counts. Join

fan_investors. And, well, keep on keepin' on. To quote one of the many icons that's been making the rounds - "Fuck not with fandom, for fandom fucks back". Not off. Big business is here to stay and we're not getting out of its belly, but I kinda like the idea of us giving it salmonella now and then.

ETA: Such as

china_shop's wonderfully pervy Making Up Is Hard To Do (LJ/Fandom, NC-17). Go read.

ETA 2: Or, for that matter,

vampedvixen's The New Big Bad. Snicker.

/soapbox